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School-Wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Support

Getting Your School Ready

Thank you for your interest in implementing SWPBIS in your district. Please review the information provided on this page that will walk you through the process to begin getting ready for implementation

Steps To Follow

1. Contact your Regional Coordinator. He/She will be able to answer your questions and schedule a district level overview. This session is free and should be scheduled for 2-3 hours of time. A district planning team, consisting of the superintendent or designee, director of special education, building principals and other key administrators, should attend. The session content will include an overview of SWPBIS process including the practices, data, and systems at the district and school building level. Participants will review the district commitments for implementing SWPBIS and begin to develop and action plan.

2. Once the district overview is held, your PAPBS Network Facilitator will work with your established district leadership team. When you have signed the district commitment, your team will begin action planning for the implementation of SWPBIS. This commitment is a 3-5 year process of training, implementation, completion of outcome tools, and adherence to fidelity measures.

Any other questions you have can be directed to your Regional Facilitator (names and contact information below). Best of luck as you seek to create a positive school climate!

School/District Expectations

School building/district administrative overview and discussion with external coach to review project requirements and expectations

Completion of a school building/district-wide PBS Blueprint, designating improved school climate/behavior as one of the top three school improvement plan goals in each building through implementaion of SWPBIS

Working with an external coach (IU consultant/district behavior specialist) with specific FTE (05-.10) to coordinate school building/district SWPBS activities; i.e., an average of 1-2 days over a month's time

Development of a cross-agency school building/district leadership team – including parents/caregivers and students – to plan, analyze, review and monitor district SWPBIS activities

Necessary time and resources for building core team training in SWPBIS research-based practices and implementation processes. This has included: • Training delivered in a timely manner to ensure continuity of understanding and application • 3-5 days for SWPBS training in universal (all students) prevention/intervention for all personnel • 3-5 days of professional development in secondary (some students) prevention/intervention for all personnel • 3-5 days of professional development in tertiary (few students) prevention/intervention for all personnel

Allocation of funds to adequately support SWPBIS activities

Development of a continuum of opportunities to involve parents/caregivers and students in district and building level SWPBIS activities

Adherence to timelines, protocols and requirements of the Commitment to Fidelity Implementation written agreement

Support for SWPBIS as described above for a minimum of three years

Supporting Documentation

Documents developed as part of a school's product book

PowerPoint presentations

Photographs

Highlights from district action plans

Media coverage

Grant award letters

Documentation of family/community activities

Tier evaluation activities conducted by the PAPBS Network

PBS school-based and/or coaches' meeting minutes

PBS school-based action plans and implementation plans

Announcements

Reports

School improvement plans

Dissemination of PAPBS information (how, to whom, when, why, etc.)

Documentation of fundraising events and outcomes

Data-based decision-making indicating changes made to implementation (specifically what was altered, when, by whom and the outcome based on data)

Collaboration efforts with school-based personnel, other schools, districts and state

School-Wide Recognition

The Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Network (PAPBS) yearly recognizes schools and programs who are implementing with fidelity. The purpose of the PAPBS network recognition system is to identify and publicy recognize program-wide and school-wide sites for successful implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. It also affords PW sites, SW sites, and districts the opportunity to accurately self-reflect on their programs implement and sustaining PBIS.